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The state department advises that the risk of acts of international terrorism in europe and the middle east…

HYDROPAC 1191/90

issued
1990-10-27 16:25Z
status
cancelled 1999-08-27 09:20Z (archive)
source
nga_json · first seen 2026-08-17 13:38Z

Original warning text

1. THE STATE DEPARTMENT ADVISES THAT THE RISK OF ACTS
   OF INTERNATIONAL TERRORISM IN EUROPE AND THE MIDDLE EAST
   IS INCREASING.
2. THE U.S. GOVERNMENT HAS RECEIVED INFORMATION WHICH IT
   BELIEVES IS SPECIFIC AND CREDIBLE REGARDING A POSSIBLE
   TERRORIST THREAT TO PASSENGER SHIPS OPERATING IN THE
   EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN. SUCH AN OPERATION MAY BE UNDERTAKEN
   AT ANY TIME.
3. A FURTHER SOURCE OF CONCERN IS THAT THE ABU NIDAL ORGANIZATION
   (ANO) HAS REPEATEDLY THREATENED TO ATTACK U.S. INTERESTS
   IN THE EVENT THAT MAHMOUD ATTA, A U.S. CITIZEN AND MEMBER
   OF THAT ORGANIZATION, IS EXTRADITED TO ISRAEL. THE U.S.
   TAKES THESE THREATS SERIOUSLY IN VIEW OF THE ANO'S NOTORIOUS
   HISTORY. FOLLOWING A LENGTHY U.S. JUDICIAL PROCESS, THE
   UNITED STATES HAS DECIDED TO EXTRADITE ATTA TO STAND TRIAL
   FOR HIS ALLEGED PARTICIPATION IN A LETHAL ATTACK ON AN
   ISRAELI BUS IN APRIL, 1986.

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